KONI President And Ambassador Pray For The Indonesian Contingent To Compete In The Tokyo Olympics

JAKARTA - The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be held soon. A total of 28 athletes from Indonesia managed to secure tickets to compete in the most prestigious multievents in the world.

The badminton sport, which has a golden tradition, had already departed on July 8th. The next batch of departures will be on July 17, and some will depart on July 24.

The success of getting the opportunity to go to Tokyo is due to the good achievement sports coaching by athletes, coaches, officials and sports parents.

General Chairman of the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) Central Indonesian Armed Forces (Ret.) Marciano Norman congratulated on this achievement and wished the success of Indonesian sports patriots.

"I, Marciano Norman, the General Chair of the Central KONI, congratulate the sports patriots of the Indonesian National Team who will go to the Olympics to take part in the series of matches that you have prepared long ago," he said, quoted from a written statement, Saturday, July 17.

"Thank you for the sacrifices and dedication that you have given to the Indonesian nation," he continued, appreciating the athletes, coaches and the main organizers of the sport who continue to strive to present achievements for Indonesia.

"We all pray that the sports patriots at the Tokyo Olympics can provide the best achievements for the Indonesian nation, in the hands of our brothers and sisters, we will hand over the dignity of the Indonesian nation. Therefore, raise the red and white flag, sing the anthem Indonesia Raya for the Indonesian Nation. Our prayers are always with the Patriots of Sports," said the General Chairperson of the Central KONI.

The sports patriots who will compete are believed to be able to achieve the best results. "God willing, you will achieve the best achievements. I hope Indonesia's achievements at the Tokyo Olympics are better than the previous Olympics, good luck, success for sports patriots," he said.

A prayer to the sports patriots who will compete in Tokyo was also conveyed by KONI Ambassadors who are gold medalists at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in Brazil, namely Liliyana Natsir and Tontowi Ahmad.

"Congratulations to the Indonesian team that will compete in the Tokyo Olympics," said Liliyana Natsir and Tontowi Ahmad at the Rio Olympics.

The 2008 Beijing Olympic silver winner when paired with Nova Widianto also reminded the contingent to pay attention to health.

"The main thing is when competing during the COVID-19 pandemic like this is health, hopefully all Indonesian teams are given health and of course good luck and can continue the gold tradition at the Tokyo Olympics," said the best female badminton athlete of a decade (2010-2020). ) version of the Badminton World Federation (BWF).